You realize what a Herculean task lies ahead. “There’s nothing like seeing a spare building with nothing in it for the first time. Built at the turn of the 20th century, the Victorian/Edwardian–era former wigmaker’s home was in a serious state of disrepair. “I needed to discharge some pent-up desire to renovate a house,” he says with a smile, explaining that every corner in his existing home was decorated to the nth degree.Īnd there was much work to be done.
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